Last Chance to Get High on the Hogg in the Holidays

Candlelight Open House at Bayou Bend
Dec 7, 2007 5:00 PM
at the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

This fall, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has been hosting Candlelight Open House nights at their Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens on Friday nights. This Friday night is your last chance to go to the open house and tour the property in all of its holiday season glory. The central figure in Yuletide´s Holiday Heroines is Houston philanthropist Miss Ima Hogg, who lived at Bayou Bend from 1928 to 1957, when she gave the estate to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. This year marks the 50th anniversary of her gift. During the Candlelight Open House night on December 7, docents will be stationed in each room to discuss the holiday settings and the customs of the times that inspired Holiday Heroines.

To get to the Bayou Bend, Yuletide visitors first enter the gardens of the 14-acre estate by crossing a footbridge over Buffalo Bayou.

If you've never been on this footbridge, it's totally worth going to the Candlelight Open House just to experience it. In fact, the footbridge actually has a warning sign that it cannot be crossed when the wind is over, like, 40 mph! It's pretty awesome, especially if you've had a few.

Candlelight Open House Tours
Friday evening, December 7
5:00 — 8:00 p.m., with last admission at 7:00 p.m.
One Westcott Street, Houston, Texas 77007

For more information on the tours call 713-639-7758.